Edward Morrissey
Edward Morrissey has been writing about politics since 2003 in his blog, Captain's Quarters, and now writes for HotAir.com. His columns have appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Post, The New York Sun, the Washington Times, and other newspapers. Morrissey has a daily Internet talk show on politics and culture at Hot Air. Since 2004, Morrissey has had a weekend talk radio show in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and often fills in as a guest on Salem Radio Network's nationally-syndicated shows. He lives in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota with his wife, son and daughter-in-law, and his two granddaughters. Morrissey's new book, GOING RED, will be published by Crown Forum on April 5, 2016.
Latest articles by Edward Morrissey
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Why the Catholic Church's anti-populist crusade is doomed
feature How can Catholicism cure populism before it cures itself?
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Time for an intervention at the Vatican
opinion To end decades of sexual abuse and cover-ups, the faithful must oversee the Catholic Church
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The Catholic Church must confess its sins. All of them.
opinion This is the only path to redemption
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Want to fix the Oscars? Ban speeches.
opinion They're boring, they're long, they're political — who needs them?
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How Twitter and Facebook are weaponizing mob mentality
The Explainer By trying to control users, social media platforms are only doing more harm than good
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The foolish race to declare victory in Korea
opinion It's a lot easier to see the many ways this process could fail than the few in which this effort could succeed
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Why a Fox-Disney deal would only breed more Hollywood corruption
feature What the industry desperately needs now is more accountability — not less
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Why the national anthem protests are failing
opinion The NFL's players and owners cannot seem to fathom how or why these demonstrations are alienating millions of fans
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Nothing about 'blood and soil' is American
The Explainer Here's what the vile neo-Nazi slogan really means
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The lessons of the Colin Kaepernick kerfuffle
opinion What did Kaepernick truly risk, other than criticism?
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Obama's new gun control action isn't just bad policy. It's symptomatic of his incurable weakness.
opinion Why won't the president face political reality?
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Je suis Garland?
opinion The organizers of the Muhammad drawing contest were provocateurs. So were the editors of Charlie Hebdo. What's the difference?
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Rolling Stone and the perils of confirmation bias
opinion The magazine is guilty of journalistic malpractice
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The real lesson of the Rolling Stone rape article fiasco
opinion You can't prove a negative. And you shouldn't be put in a position where you have to.
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The hypocritical fatuity of Brian Williams' media defenders
opinion The media should be applauding those trying to hold the NBC newsman accountable
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The patronizing, phony morality of Super Bowl ad makers
opinion Next time, how about you stop wagging your finger in America's face and just have a little fun
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The Buffett Rule is a drop in the ocean
feature America faces a true financial crisis. The president has responded with a hackneyed political gimmick
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The folly of doubling down on electric cars
feature So-called green vehicles are expensive and tough to dispose of, and may actually increase America's dependence on foreign resources
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A high-speed derailment in California
feature Why the state's proposed new rail system is little more than a foolish boondoggle
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Drill, baby, drill
feature The Arab uprisings prove once again that domestic oil production is critical to solving America's energy problems
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The real threat to democracy in Wisconsin
feature Fleeing Democrats have stolen the will of the public and their right to self-governance
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Does the GOP really want a revolution?
feature In his debut column for The Week, Edward Morrissey says that to score victories, Republican leaders must pick their battles carefully
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Bibi turns on the charm
feature In the fight over Israel's borders, Netanyahu takes the upper hand
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Balanced budget amendment: A trap for fiscal conservatives
feature A law ensuring that government spending doesn't exceed revenue sure sounds good — until you consider what it would cost the GOP
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